Civil society group, BudgIT Nigeria, has again exposed deeper issues of fiscal mismanagement in the federal budget, accusing Nigeria’s National Assembly of padding government agencies’ budgets to serve personal interests.
On Friday, BudgIT took to its X platform to expose questionable financial allocations in the 2024 federal budget, citing how the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) received N300 million to purchase and distribute tricycles—an initiative outside its core mandate.
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“Nigerians, since when did news agencies become tricycle distributors?” BudgIT posted, questioning how NAN’s budget included funds for tricycles in Abia, school renovations in Bayelsa, and streetlight installations in Rivers.
“Is this their job? How did we get here? #2025 Budget will soon be released, Nigerians; hold your lawmakers accountable,” the post continued.
This disclosure followed Thursday’s uncovering of an N80 million allocation to Nigeria’s space agency for a pregnancy sensitization project, which BudgIT labelled as “irrelevant.”
According to the group, this was part of a pattern of budget “insertions” where lawmakers include frivolous allocations for personal gain during the approval process.
“N80 million to a Space Agency for pregnancy sensitization? This is @nassnigeria members looting through budget insertions! They are inserting projects for personal gain. We can’t let this continue,” BudgIT wrote, urging the public to scrutinize the upcoming 2025 budget and hold lawmakers accountable.
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